DittyTV's Insights | Music Interviews

Sam Shansky talks with Lucca Soria and Toby Weaver of Cordovas. Rooted in triple-stacked harmonies, southern storytelling, and cosmic country twang, Cordovas create their own version of American roots-rock with That Santa Fe Channel. The album marks the band's ATO Records debut, arriving after more than a half-decade's worth of international touring, communal living, and shared songwriting session...

Alabama songwriter Jimmy Lumpkin talks about his musical background, growing up in a family of musicians right outside of Savannah, Georgia, and about his new album Home, which was recorded analogue in California with his new label, Skate Mountain Records.   Recorded Sept. 2017 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freddy & Francine is an Americana-Soul duo comprised of Bianca Caruso & Lee Ferris. With voices reminiscent of Aretha Franklin & Van Morrison, their songs blend Soul, R&B, Folk, and Americana with a modern, yet timeless appeal to all ages.  Based in Los Angeles, Ferris and Caruso met in the 40th Anniversary of a musical production of HAiR in LA in 2007.  As individuals, Caruso developed a comedy t...

David Myles tells us all about his new album ‘Real Love’ as well as his family, some music that he’s been listening to lately, which includes everything from Laura Marling to Leif Vollebekk, plus he goes into detail about his JUNO award-winning collaboration with Canadian rapper, Classified. Recorded Dec. 2017 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Grainne Duffy is a well-received Irish songwriter who’s been gaining a lot of momentum in the roots-rock world for her powerful and distinct vocals, and her undeniable guitar skills. Grainne shares about her upbringing in rural Ireland, her new album, Where I Belong, and about how music is that one thing that gives her real personal fulfillment. Recorded Feb. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Jesse Aycock talks with Tatiana Z about his family background, and his life is Tulsa, Oklahoma. He shares about what got him into music, including his father, who’s a singer-songwriter himself. He shares stories about learning guitar and playing along to his dad’s records, including acts like Led Zeppelin, and Neil Young, and what drew him to music fueled by feelings vs. technique. Over the years...

With their album, Homeland Insecurity, Texas’ Flatland Cavalry wants to stop and smell the roses. Bandleader and chief lyricist Cleto Cordero is fine with examining and the present. There’s an appreciation for all the sharp detail and high-spirited emotions of today. Flatland Cavalry—the aforementioned Cordero, guitarist Reid Dillon, bassist Jonathan Saenz, drummer Jason Albers, and newest member,...

Sam Shansky sits down with Idaho native David Robert King to discuss his latest album, Idaho, which was produced by Darryl Neudorf, who’s worked with acts like Neko Case, Sarah McLachlan, The Sadies, and many others. Recorded Nov. 2017 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chuck Mead is a Country singer with a rock n roll heart. He's also a renowned songwriter, producer, music director, musicologist and architect behind the rebirth of Lower Broadway and the Global Neo Traditional Country music movement. Chuck’s a longtime roots music and Americana songwriter whose made a really great impression on the world through his solo work, and with his band BR5-49. He’s a sha...

When you look at modern country music you can identify a diverse range of styles that have evolved from the traditional roots form. From pop country to bush ballads, acoustic folk-leaning songs to rousing country rock and the polymorphic blend of Americana. One Australian artist that can lay claim to all of these strains is Catherine Britt, a songwriter who has already packed a respected and highl...

Gifted with a unique ability to fuse musical genres and influences to craft songs that feel fresh and wholly her own, with her new album Putting On Airs, Erin Rae has thrown down a direct challenge to the stereotype of what a Southern singer should be. Both lyrically and sonically, she strikes a fiercely independent chord, proudly releasing a deeply personal record that reflects her own upbringing...

For singer, songwriter and guitarist Christian Lopez, Nashville has become a home away from home. That’s where he comes to write. He rehearses there with his band. His debut album and Red Arrow, his brand new follow-up for Blaster Records, were recorded in Music City too. But his heart? His long-term dream? Well, they’re rooted someplace far away from Music Row, to the place where he was born and...

Former Old Crow Medicine Show member, and Grammy-Award-winning songwriter, Gill Landry shares about his formative years in Seattle, Washington, growing up on grunge music, plus he’ll talk about his new album Love Rides a Dark Horse – how he wrote the songs out on the Washington State coast, and what it’s like working alone on his craft. Recorded Sept. 2017 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

Liz Brasher makes her own kind of southern music, one that's caught halfway between the garage, the church, the bar, and the bedroom. She's a soul singer. A guitar-playing rocker. A one-woman girl group. A gospel revivalist who sings the praises of secular bands like the Box Tops. It's a diverse sound rooted in the influence of Brasher's two homes: her adopted hometown of Memphis, where she record...

“I’ve managed to make a career doing what I damn well please, musically,” she says. It should go without saying. Anyone who has ever heard Magness sing — live or on any the baker’s dozen of releases she has put out since coming on the scene 28 years ago — can immediately divine that this is a strong, resilient, commanding woman in masterful control of her voice and her destiny if not always her he...

DittyTV host Sam Shanksy talks with Oklahoma-based songwriter, Levi Parham. Levi’s a part of the Tulsa music scene, and Sam gets Levi talking on his background in music, his approach to songwriting, and his plans for 2019. Recorded Nov. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards Show, Tatiana Z catches up with Lukas Nelson And Promise Of The Real for a quick chat about their "Forget About Georgia" EP, working on the hit film A Star is Born, and more.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Shansky talks with Adam Weiner of Philadelphia rock and roll band Low Cut Connie. Join in as they talk about the band's most recent release Dirty Pictures Vol. 2, the importance of a good work ethic, and more.  Recorded Sept. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Little Feather talks about their Drive-Thru Concert Series, about how they’re the happiest band on Earth, their love of food and eating together at practices, what lead-singer Liz Sharpe’s Kentucky upbringing has done to influence the band’s musical palette, their individual musical backgrounds, and about their new self-titled album out on Curb Records.  Recorded Aug. 2017 See omnystudio.com/liste...

Lifelong friends and deep-north natives, Michigan Rattlers play heavy-hearted folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice. Graham Young (guitar), Adam Reed (upright bass), and Christian Wilder (piano) began writing music and performing together in their Northern Michigan high school. Recorded Oct. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Live from the Red Carpet at the 2018 Americana Honors & Awards Show, Tatiana Z catches up with Molly Tuttle for a quick chat.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Amy Wright as she talks with Eric Lindberg and Doni Zasloff of Nefesh Mountain. Nefesh Mountain is a band that fuses traditional bluegrass music with Hebrew folk songs, creating a very unique sound that a lot of people are growing to love. They stopped by the DittyTV Studios to discuss their new album Beneath the Open Sky. Recorded Oct. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Lee Roy Parnell is an American country music and blues artist, singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Active since 1990, he has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Parnell is part of a long line of Texas roots-music eclectics and is among the elite few who can be identified as a triple threat. An ace guitarist, as ...

Lindi Ortega is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, She’s won many awards over the course of her career, and she’s come to be seen as an internationally respected artist. She’s released 5 studio albums, the latest of which is called Liberty. Recorded Nov. 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After launching her recording career in 2009, Samantha Fish quickly established herself as a rising star in the contemporary blues world. Since then, the charismatic young singer-guitarist-songwriter has earned a reputation as a rising guitar hero and powerful live performer, while releasing a series of acclaimed albums that have shown her restless creative spirit consistently taking her in new an...